"RE/MAX Real Estate" Ranks Among Top 5 Search Terms

"RE/MAX Real Estate" Ranks Among Top 5 Search Terms

"RE/MAX real estate" ranks No. 4 among real estate search terms on the Internet, according to a recent study by Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence service.
RE/MAX was the only real estate franchise to appear in the Top 10, with "Century 21" coming in far behind at 16.

Hitwise, a subsidiary of Experian, has been collecting and analyzing data directly from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) since 1997. The extensive sample size of data analyzed (25 million people worldwide, including 10 million in the U.S.), provides detailed information on search terms used to find thousands of sites.

The terms were ranked by volume of searches that brought traffic to Web sites in the Hitwise Business and Finance - Real Estate category for January, based on U.S. Internet usage.

Rankings
1. Realtor.com - 9.08 percent
2. HomeGain - 2.44 percent
3. Yahoo Real Estate - 2.25 percent
4. RE/MAX Real Estate - 2.21 percent
5. Rent.com - 2.19 percent
6. Zillow - 2.06 percent
7. Apartments.com - 2 percent
8. Move.com - 1.91 percent
9. ZipRealty - 1.86 percent
10. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - 1.42 percent

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'RE/MAX is the No. 1 Real Estate Franchise'

Entrepreneur Rankings

Magazine: 'RE/MAX is the No. 1 Real Estate Franchise'

RE/MAX is the nation's No. 1 real estate franchise - and the No. 10 franchise overall - according to Entrepreneur magazine's 29th Annual Franchise 500 survey.
The survey appears in the January 2008 issue and on the magazine's Web site.

7-Eleven beat out Subway to capture the top position overall. Subway, which had ranked No. 1 for the past seven years, came in at No. 2, with Dunkin' Donuts at No. 3.

RE/MAX has a long, successful history in the survey. It ranked No. 11 overall a year ago, No. 8 in 2006, No. 10 in 2005 and No. 19 in 2004.

Among real estate franchises, RE/MAX ranks No. 1 for the eighth time in the past nine years. The closest competitor - ERA - came in a long way back, at No. 43.

RE/MAX ranks No. 1 overall in the Low-Cost Franchises category. It finished No. 2 last year.

Additionally, RE/MAX tops all real estate competitors at No. 7 on the Global Franchises list and No. 10 among Fastest Growing Franchises.

All companies in the rankings are judged by the same criteria, the most important being financial strength and stability, size and growth rate. Also considered: number of years in business, length of time franchising, startup costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and financing options.

The factors are plugged into a Franchise 500 formula, with each eligible company receiving a cumulative score.
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RE/MAX Hosts Luxury Home Expert Course

RE/MAX Hosts Luxury Home Expert Course at RE/MAX Desert Showcase (via RSN)

Register by Dec. 26 for 'Luxury Home Expert' Course

The RE/MAX Satellite Network has made it easier than ever to start earning credit toward the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Expert (CLHMS) designation. Register by Dec. 26 for "Luxury Home Expert" class, which airs Jan. 9 and 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
This two-day, 13-hour course satisfies educational requirements for the CLHMS designation.

This valuable designation helps position you as an expert in the luxury home market, and gives you the knowledge you need to be the agent of choice for affluent buyers and sellers.

The instructor is REAL Trends co-founder Laurie Moore-Moore. She wrote the book "Rich Buyer, Rich Seller! The Real Estate Agent's Guide to Marketing Luxury Homes."

Register online at remax.com or with the form on page 41 of the December/January/ February RE/MAX University Catalog.

Prior to registering, Associates should check with the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, which confers the designation, to see if their transactions meet performance criteria.

This professional designation is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Association of Realtors.
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RE/MAX Phoenix Real Estate Career Training and Coaching

RE/MAX Phoenix Real Estate Career Training and Coaching

At RE/MAX, the philosophy about education is simple.

You earn more when you learn more.

That's why RE/MAX developed RE/MAX University, a multimedia program that delivers just the type of training the most productive professionals in the real estate industry want and need - and most of it is free as a benefit of RE/MAX membership.

Through the RE/MAX Satellite Network (RSN), streaming videos, and classroom instruction at the RE/MAX Global Education Center and regional sites, RE/MAX delivers the industry's best training - and makes it available to agents on their own schedules. Because most agents who join RE/MAX already have extensive real estate sales experience, RE/MAX provides more advanced training.

Education On Your Schedule
Because RE/MAX University has many facets, agents can get their education when and where they want it - and in their desired fromat.

RSN, the real estate industry's only proprietary television network, delivers 60 hours of motivational, educational and technology programming monthly, including courses leading to designations such as the ABR, CCIM, CLHMS, CRB, CRS and SRES. The monthly prime-time series, the RE/MAX Coaching Hall of Fame, features Howard Brinton, Brian Buffini, Richard Robbins and other top trainers. Agents across North America receive RSN programming at their offices, and U.S. agents can get it at home through DISH Network.

For new agents, or more experienced professionals looking to jump-start their career, RSN offers "Brian Buffini's 100 Days to Greatness - RE/MAX Edition," a 14-week program that begins with five days of RSN-based coaching offered monthly.

Agent Training On Demand, part of the RE/MAX University online component, provides 24/7 access to streaming videos, downloads and other resources - all with one aim: to help the industry's most productive agents earn more money.

Classroom training is constantly offered: at RE/MAX conventions and conferences, at the RE/MAX Global Education Center in Denver, and at the regional and brokerage levels.

Why RE/MAX Desert Showcase in AZ?

Driving the growth is the RE/MAX Concept, created by top-producing real estate agents – for top-producing real estate agents. RE/MAX links a fair and equitable brokerage management system with a powerful brand, extensive support services – and respect for entrepreneurial spirit. The result: a formula for agent success unmatched in the industry.

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